p8nda
p8nda BETA
Home Dictionary Translate Flashcards

秸

jiē
noun #78,727

Meanings

  1. 1 the dry stalk of a grain crop left after threshing; straw

Examples

HSK 7-9
收割后，田里堆满了秸秆。
Shōugē hòu, tián lǐ duī mǎn le jiēgǎn.
After the harvest, the fields are piled with crop straw.
HSK 7-9
焚烧秸秆会造成严重的空气污染。
Fénshāo jiēgǎn huì zàochéng yánzhòng de kōngqì wūrǎn.
Burning crop straw causes serious air pollution.

Tips

usage
秸 almost always appears in 秸秆 ('crop straw, the dry stalks left after threshing'). It is a common rural and environmental-news word, since stubble burning is a known pollution source.

Components

radical
禾 hé
grain; standing crop
禾 is the grain radical, a picture of a stalk of grain with a drooping head. It marks 秸 as part of a cereal plant, here the dry stalk.
phonetic
吉 jí
lucky; auspicious
吉 supplies the sound, shifted from jí to jiē. Its 'lucky' meaning is unrelated; it works only as the phonetic beside the grain radical.

Stroke Order

秸 jiē